Ahmedabad firm gets DRDO tech for UV sanitizer

AHMEDABAD: Motivation Engineers & Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (MEIPL) has entered into a technology transfer agreement with the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for making an ultraviolet (UV) disinfection tower, which is named as VIBAN.
The disinfection tower is a UV-based area sanitizer used for rapid and chemical-free disinfection of high infection prone areas.Named as VIBAN, the disinfection tower has been designed and developed by DRDO’s Laser Science & Technology Centre (LASTEC) in Delhi.
“The disinfection tower is useful to disinfect high-tech surfaces like electronic equipment, computers and other gadgets in laboratories and offices that are not suitable for disinfection with the traditional chemical methods,” said Sunil Shah, Founder & Director, MEIPL, a city-based technology solutions provider. The company claims the tower can also be used in areas with large flow of people such as airports, shopping malls, metros, hotels and factories.